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Autism is not a Disease

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Parents scared from the beginning
I am self contained
Being myself is a disease
I choose solitude over interaction
It’s unnatural, conversation
I go over possible dialogue on my mind
I know all the outcomes, so continuing is
   pointless.
I have always been an outcast
   always different
A turbulent blow of preemptive, and ongoing, hate from those who sense it.
Then I’m diagnosed with a problem
   an excuse
   unexcusable
In order to be fixed, I’m broken down some more
Rush me from therapist to therapist
I am still the same.
They hold me back, and call it “help”
So my mind is different
My brain mapped different from most
Yet no one knows how the brain really works
If no one is normal and consistent
Why diagnose me as odd?
No virus caused this,
   no bacteria
   no infection
It’s the way I am
I am not diseased.
Needless to say, this is a very personal poem.
I have Asperger's Disorder, and every time i hear someone on the tv say "We have to cure this disease" I just . . . fly into a rampage!
Though I i have much better things to say about the subject of coming to terms with my disorder.
I'm going to write a new poem about this soon, because i still have more things to say . . .
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StitchpunkGem's avatar
   Autism is not a disease! It's a mental difference. I too am on the spectrum of Asperger's syndrome, and I am perfectly fine. We just needs some guidance on how to face society, because it makes we are socially akward and don't view the world as the same as everyone else.